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Ostracon with a Sketch of a Hippopotamus

From Deir el-Bahri, Thebes.

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, joint reign of Thumose III and Hatshepsut, c. 1479-1458.

Acc. No.: 23.3.6

A Pottery Human-Headed Lid of a Canopic Jar

A Sphinx of Hatshepsut

Alabaster Canopic Jar

Alabaster Canopic Jar

Alabaster Canopic Jar

Alabaster Goblet Inscribed with the Name of Amenhotep IV

Alabaster Ungent Vessel with Name of Kiya

Amenhotep III Seated in a Double Pavilion Representing His Sed Festival, with Tiye Offering Life to Him

Amulets and Necklace with Frog-Shaped Beads

Arm Panel from a Ceremonial Chair

Arm Panel from a Ceremonial Chair

Arm Panel from a Ceremonial Chair

Arm Panel from a Ceremonial Chair

Arm Panel from a Ceremonial Chair

Arm Panel from a Ceremonial Chair

Basket Containing Provisions

Basket Containing Provisions

Blue Painted Ware from Malkata

Bowl Buried with Rennefer wife of Noferkhawt

Box of an Anthropoid Coffin

Box of an Anthropoid Coffin

Box of an Anthropoid Coffin

Box of an Anthropoid Coffin

Bronze Axe Head

Bronze Axe Head

Bronze hes Vase

Bucrania Ceiling Painting from the Palace of Amenhotep III

Bucrania Ceiling Painting from the Palace of Amenhotep III

Bucrania Ceiling Painting from the Palace of Amenhotep III

Burial Chamber of Sobekmose

Burial Chamber of Sobekmose

Burial Chamber of Sobekmose

Canopic Chest of the Servitor in the Place of Truth Khonsu

Canopic Chest of the Servitor in the Place of Truth Khonsu

Canopic Jar of Maruta, One of Three Minor Wives of Tutmosis III

Canopic Jar of Maruta, One of Three Minor Wives of Tutmosis III

Carved Walking Sticks

Carved Walking Sticks

Carved Walking Sticks

Cat Bracelet or Armlet

Ceiling Decoration from a Theban Tomb

Ceiling Fragment from the Palace of Amenhotep III Depicting Pigeons in Flight

Ceiling Fragment from the Palace of Amenhotep III Depicting Pigeons in Flight

Chair Belonging to the Scribe Reniseneb

Chair Belonging to the Scribe Reniseneb

Chair Found in Pieces Outside Sealed Door of Hatnofer's Tomb

Coffin and Grave Goods

Coffin and Mummy Board of the Mistress of the House Iynaferty

Coffin and Mummy Board of the Mistress of the House Iynaferty

Coffin of Ahmose, Son of the Mistress of the House Nahkte

Coffin of Ahmose, Son of the Mistress of the House Nahkte

Coffin of Ahmose, Son of the Mistress of the House Nahkte

Coffin of the Mistress of the House Iynaferty

Coffin of the Mistress of the House, Teti

Coffin, Mummy Board and Mummy Mask of the Mistress of the House Iynaferty

Coffins and Mummy Mask of the Servitor in the Place of Truth Khonsu

Coffins of the singer Harmose (left) and an anonymous woman (right)

Cosmetic Boxes in the Shape of Ducks

Cosmetic Objects Datable to Dynasty 18

Cosmetic Vessel in the Shape of a Dwarf

Decorative Tile

Detail from the Coffin of the Singer Hormose

Detail of Rishi Coffin

Door Jambs of Rau

Face from a Composite Statue

Face from a Composite Statue

Faience Armlets & Necklaces

Faience Walking Lion

Female Monkey Holding Its Baby and Hippopotamus

Foundation Deposit of Hatshepsut's Royal Tomb

Foundation Deposits of Hatshepsut's Temple at Deir el Bahri

Foundation Deposits of Hatshepsut's Temple at Deir el Bahri

Foundation Deposits of Hatshepsut's Temple at Deir el Bahri

Foundation Deposits of Hatshepsut's Temple at Deir el Bahri

Four Carved Plaques

Four Statues of Sekhmet

Four Statues of Sekhmet

Four Statues of Sekhmet

Fragment of a Statue of Amenhotep I

Fragment of a Vase Decorated with an Ibex & Plants

Fragment of a Votive Statue

Fragment of a Votive Statue

Fragment of a Votive Statue

Fragment of a Wig from a Composite Statue

Fragment of a Wig from a Composite Statue

Fragment of an Alabaster Vessel

Fragment of Leather Painted with Erotic Scene

Fragment of the Face of a Queen

Fragmentary Statue of a Lion Subduing a Foreign Captive

Fragmentary Statue of a Lion Subduing a Foreign Captive

Fragmentary Statue of a Vizier

Fragmentary Statue of a Vizier

Funerary Equipment of Maruta, One of Three Minor Wives of Tutmosis III

Funerary Mask of Hatnofer

Funerary Mask of Hatnofer

Funerary Papyrus of the Tax Master and Steward Sethnakhte

Funerary Papyrus of the Tax Master and Steward Sethnakhte

Funerary Papyrus of the Tax Master and Steward Sethnakhte

Funerary Papyrus of the Tax Master and Steward Sethnakhte

Game Board & Pieces and Throwing Sticks

Game Board and Pieces

Girdles, Decorated with Simplified Cowrie Shell Design

Glass Vessels and Ostraca from the Ramesside Period

Glass Vessels from the Ramesside Period

Glass Vessels from the Ramesside Period

Glass Vessels from the Ramesside Period

Gold Collars and Pectorals

Gold Collars and Pectorals

Gold Sandals, Toe and Finger Stalls Belonging to a minor wife of Thutmose III

Gold Sandals, Toe and Finger Stalls Belonging to a minor wife of Thutmose III

Goods from the Burial of a Child

Hatnofer's Personal Posessions

Hatshepsut as Maned Sphinx

Hatshepsut as Maned Sphinx

Head & Shoulders of an Osiride Statue

Head and Shoulders from an Osiride Statue

Head from a Life Size Statue of an Egyptian Official

Head of a Colossal Statue of the God Amun

Head of a Colossal Statue of the God Amun

Head of a Colossal Statue of the God Amun

Head of a Cow Goddess

Head of Ahmose I

Head of Seti II

Head of Seti II

Head of Tutankhamun

Head of Tutankhamun

Head of Tutankhamun

Heads of Osiride Statues of Hatshepsut from Deir el Bahri

Heads of Osiride Statues of Hatshepsut from Deir el Bahri

Heads of Osiride Statues of Hatshepsut from Deir el Bahri

Heads of Osiride Statues of Hatshepsut from Deir el Bahri

Hinged Bracelets or Armlets

Hinged Bracelets or Armlets

Hippopotamus Head

Horemheb Shown as a Scribe

Horemheb Shown as a Scribe

Inlay Fragments of Foreigners

Inlay Fragments of Foreigners

Inner Coffin of the Servitor in the Place of Truth Khonsu

Inner Coffin of the Servitor in the Place of Truth Khonsu

Inscribed Funerary Cones

Inscribed Funerary Cones

Isis and Wepwawet

Ivory Unguent Box

Jars with Carved Stoppers

Jars with Carved Stoppers

Jars with Carved Stoppers

Jars with Carved Stoppers

Jars with Carved Stoppers

Jubilee Relief of Ramesses II

Kneeling Figure of Amenhotep III

Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut

Kneeling Statues of Hatshepsut

Lower Part of a Granite Doorjamb from a Temple of Ramesses II

Lower Part of a Granite Doorjamb from a Temple of Ramesses II

Lower Part of a Granite Doorjamb from a Temple of Ramesses II

Lower Part of a Granite Doorjamb from a Temple of Ramesses II

Metal Vessels from a Temple Deposit

Miniature Mask for a Canopic Bundle

Miniature Situla of Meketaten

Model of Woman Lying on a Bed Using a Headrest

Mummy Mask of the Mistress of the House Iynaferty

Mummy Mask of the Mistress of the House Iynaferty

Mummy Mask of the Servitor in the Place of Truth Khonsu

Noferkhawt's Burial Goods

Noferkhawt's Burial Goods

Noferkhawt's Burial Goods

Objects Found in Seankhkare Cemetery

Objects from Senenmut's Tomb

Objects from the Tomb of Tutmosis IV

Ostraca from Sheikh Abd el Qurna

Ostracon Depicting a Layout for a Relief

Ostracon Depicting a Pharaoh Slaying an Lion

Ostracon depicting an animal fable or myth in the upper register and a princess in the lower

Ostracon Depicting the God Ptah

Ostracon from Sheikh Abd el Qurna

Ostracon with a Sketch of a Hippopotamus

Ostracon with a Small Satirical Sketch

Ostracon with Fighting Bulls

Ostracon with Sketch of a Sparrow

Outer Coffin of the Servitor in the Place of Truth Khonsu

Outer Coffin of the Servitor in the Place of Truth Khonsu

Outer Coffin of the Servitor in the Place of Truth Khonsu

Outer Coffin of the Servitor in the Place of Truth Khonsu

Pedestal for a Small Statue

Perfume Bottle in Shape of a Hes Vessel

Pieces of Glass Vessels

Pieces of Pots with Inscriptions

Pottery Vessels

Reconstruction of a Foundation Deposit

Reconstruction of Wall Decoration from the Temple of Amun in Malkata

Relief Fragment Depicting Akhenaten

Relief Fragment Depicting Grain

Relief Fragment Depicting the Head of Amenhotep I

Relief Fragment from the 11th Dynasty Tomb of Khety, Royal Treasurer, with 19th Dynasty Graffiti

Relief of a Battle Scene

Relief of Ramesses IX Facing an Hymn of Praise in His Honour

Reliefs from Chapel of Ramesses I at Abydos

Reliefs from Chapel of Ramesses I at Abydos

Reliefs from Chapel of Ramesses I at Abydos

Reliefs from Chapel of Ramesses I at Abydos

Reliefs from Chapel of Ramesses I at Abydos

Reliefs from Chapel of Ramesses I at Abydos

Reliefs from Chapel of Ramesses I at Abydos

Reliefs from Chapel of Ramesses I at Abydos

Rishi Coffin with Scene of Butchering.

Rishi Coffin with Scene of Butchering.

Sarcophagus of Senenmut

Sarcophagus of Senenmut

Sarcophagus of Senenmut

Seated Figure of a Scribe Under the Protection of Thoth

Seated Statue of Hatshepsut

Seated Statue of Hatshepsut

Seated Statue of Hatshepsut

Seated Statue of Hatshepsut

Shabti of Tebure

Shabti of Tebure

Shabti of the Chief Colour Maker of the Treasury, Huy

Shabti of the Chief Colour Maker of the Treasury, Huy

Shabti of the Chief Colour Maker of the Treasury, Huy

Shabtis and Shabti Boxes of Sennedjem's Family

Shabtis and Shabti Boxes of Sennedjem's Family

Shabtis and Shrines from the Tomb of Yuya & Tuya

Shabtis of Sennedjem and Iynaferty

Shabtis of Siptah

Shabtis of Siptah

Small Vase with Flower Decoration

Sphinx of Hatshepsut

Sphinx of Hatshepsut

Sphinx of Thutmose III

Spoon in the Shape of a Swimming Woman Holding a Gazelle or Ibex

Standing Figure of Amenhotep III

Standing Figure of Amenhotep III

Standing Figure of Amenhotep III

Statue Fragment from the Great Temple of the Aten at Amarna

Statue Fragment from the Great Temple of the Aten at Amarna

Statue Fragment from the Great Temple of the Aten at Amarna

Statue Fragment from the Great Temple of the Aten at Amarna

Statue of Amenhotep III

Statue of Amenhotep III

Statue of Neferkhawet, Rennefer and Their Family

Statue of Seti I

Statue of Thutmose III

Statue of Thutmose III

Statue of Thutmose III from Afar

Statue of Thutmose III Offering

Statue of Yuny and his wife Renenutet

Statue of Yuny and his wife Renenutet

Statue of Yuny and his wife Renenutet

Statue of Yuny and his wife Renenutet

Statuette of The Great Craftsman in the Place-of-Truth, Karo

Statuette of The Great Craftsman in the Place-of-Truth, Karo

Statuette of Two Men & a Boy

Stela of Pay offering to Re-Horakhty

Stela of Userhat and his wife Nefertari

Storage Jars from the Tomb of Three Minor Wives of Thutmose III

Storage Jars from the Tomb of Three Minor Wives of Thutmose III

Storage Jars from the Tomb of Three Minor Wives of Thutmose III

Textile Honouring the Goddess Hathor

The Osiris Shroud of Nesenaset and some Canopic Jars

Three Rishi Coffins

Three Rishi Coffins

Tomb Goods from the Tomb of Ramose & Hatnofer

Tomb Goods from the Tomb of Ramose & Hatnofer

Tomb Relief Showing the Force Feeding of Cattle

Two Alabaster Shabti with the Throne Names of Siptah

Two Faience Tiles with the Throne Names of Seti II

Two Princesses Each Holding a Sistrum & An Ankh Facing Their Enthroned Parents Amenhotep III and Tiye

Upper Part of the Statue of an Official

Whip Handle in the Shape of a Horse

White Limestone Statuette of the Scribe, Huy

Wooden Cosmetics Box

Wooden Cosmetics Box from Tomb of Sennedjem

Wooden Face from an Anthropoid Coffin

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